U-Anne St. Marie ufotwe nguTom Palumbo, c. Ngo-1954.Patricia Bosworth Kunyaka ophelileyo, emva kokuba ndipapashe imemo ebiziweyo Amadoda ebomini bam , Ndiqale ukubhala amanqaku alandelayo. Ngelixa incwadi yayithetha ngamadoda endandibathanda, ndandingekathethi lonke ibali. Andizange ndikhankanye umyeni wam wesithathu, uTom.
Ekubuyiseleni emva, ndamshiya ngaphandle kuba ndandimthanda kakhulu kunokuba ndandikhe ndathanda nayiphi na indoda; kodwa wandinyusa ndenyuka nodonga. Ukujongana nobuxoki bam ngoTom-ukuqonda into eyenzekileyo phakathi kwethu-bendisazi ukuba kuzakuthatha into.
Bendingazi ukuba ndibhale kanjani ngaye, kwaye bendinengxaki yokunqongophala kwezinto, kodwa kuninzi kakhulu kunye nomsebenzi onzima wokucoca konke. Wayengumfoti kunye nomlawuli weqonga uTom Palumbo, kwaye ixesha lakhe lokuphila lamawaka amabi kunye namanqaku afakwa kwiibhokisi ngoku zezam. Uzoqala ngaphi? 
UTom Palumbo noPatricia Bosworth, ngo-1988.Patricia Bosworth
Ubomi bethu babungqubana ukusukela ngo-1953 xa ndandiyimodeli yeshumi elivisayo kwaye wayeyinxalenye yeqela elinempembelelo labafoti (kubandakanya uRichard Avedon) owayeguqula ifashoni kumaphepha IHarper's Bazaar kunye neengcinga zabo ezibonakalayo ezinesibindi.
UTom uthathe uvavanyo lwam kum studio sakhe kwiWest 54 Street. Ndawela phantsi komlingo wakhe. Wayengenakuphikiswa. Undenze ndaziva Kulungile . Andizange ndilibale ukuba zazomelele kangakanani izandla zakhe xa zibambe ikhamera yakhe; Andizange ndiyilibale indlela awandibona ngayo ngamehlo akhe okrakra omfoti.
Ngoo-1960, ndandingumdlali weqonga obanzi. Mna noTom sadibana kwakhona kwiActors Studio apho sasisiya kwiindibano zocweyo. Ndomelezwa yijoie de vivre yakhe-ukwazi kwakhe malunga nobugcisa nenkcubeko kunye nezopolitiko.
Sasithandana. Kodwa ixesha licinyiwe. Emva kwesondo, sasiza kulala ebhedini i-yakking kodwa sasingamameli ngokwenene; besizibandakanye kakhulu.
Ekugqibeleni, ndibuyele endodeni enditshate nayo ekugqibeleni kwaye uTom wabuyela emfazini wakhe, owayeyimodeli yodumo ka-Anne St. Marie.
Imisebenzi yethu itshintshile; Ndemka kwimidlalo yeqonga ndaya kuba yintatheli. UTom uyeke ukufota kwifashoni kwaye waqalisa ukuqondisa. 
UMiles Davis wafotwa nguTom Palumbo, c. Ngo-1955.Patricia Bosworth
Kwadlula iminyaka engamashumi amabini. Ngo-1986 sazifumana sizulazula kwitheko elifanayo lonyaka omtsha uEva; Sobabini sasitshonile kuxinzelelo olunzulu. Kwavela ukuba umfazi kaTom wayesifa ngumhlaza wemiphunga -ngokumangalisayo, ngokunjalo nomyeni wam.
Ngexesha leenyanga ezizayo sasingcwaba amaqabane ethu. Ngo-1988, ndafudukela kwigumbi eliphezulu likaTom elaliphithizela eHell’s Kitchen. Yayinezinto ezininzi kwiibhokisi zekhadibhodi — phantse ikhulu lazo. Babelapho ukusukela nge-l982. Kodwa kutheni? Zithini egameni likaThixo ezikwezo bhokisi? Ndazula.
Ixesha lam elidlulileyo! UTom wadanduluka ngokumangalisayo-kodwa wongeza ukuba bazaliswa ziinkumbulo ezimbi kunye neemfihlo ezimnyama angakwaziyo ukuzinyamezela. Engakwazi nokubalahla. Kwaye wandinqanda ukuba ndingazibambi.
Sasilwa ngeebhokisi kuwo wonke umtshato wethu. Ekugqibeleni ndaye ndaziqinisekisa ukuba kude nabo, ngenene sidala ubomi obumnandi kunye.
Iminyaka eliqela, siqesha ityotyombe eliphela ngempelaveki kwinduli ejonge uMlambo iHudson; Ndabhala i-biographie yam kaBrando kwela tyotyombe ngelixa uTom eyalathisa-edlalwa nguJoyce Carol Oates eLouisville nakwezinye iindawo. Ngenye ihlobo, sabaleka indawo yeqonga encinci eBerkshires. Inqaku eliphezulu kuthi sobabini besisebenzisana nalo Ngokuhlwa ngeqhayiya KwiZiko laseLincoln.
Okwangoku, iibhokisi zihlala elofini ziqokelela uthuli.
Ke ekwindla ka1999 ngelixa uTom engekho ekhokela umboniso, ndavula ibhokisi enye. Ukuchitheka kweebhili ezingahlawulwanga; Iileta zothando ezivela ku-Anne; Iikhalenda, iifoto zomntakwabo Tom, uTony; izifinyezo zabantwana abathathu bakaTom. Ibhokisi yesibini iqulethe iikopi ezityheli ze INew York Times .
Ibhokisi yesithathu yayiqulathe ubuncwane-irekhodi entle yomfanekiso obalaseleyo kaTom njengomfoti wefashoni kwiminyaka yoo-1950. Kwakulithuba elinemveliso kakhulu kuye.
Kwakukho imikhankaso yentengiso ye-Saks kunye ne-Peck & Peck, kunye ne-shampoo yeClairol. Kunye nezembozo ze Vogue , Shumi elinesixhenxe kwaye Ubuhle . Kwakukho ukusasazeka kwefashoni okungapheliyo kunye no-Anne St. Marie kwi IBazaar . U-Anne wayeyimyuziyam yakhe; wayethathe amawaka emifanekiso yakhe.
Ndavula ezinye iibhokisi ndafumana imifanekiso engalibalekiyo. Ukufika kukaTom ekhaya, wayenomsindo okomzuzwana kodwa ndamcenga ukuba ehlise umoya azifundele ngokwakhe imifanekiso. 
UJane Fonda ufotwe nguTom Palumbo, c. Ngo-1960.Patricia Bosworth
UJack Kerouac ufotwe nguTom Palumbo, c. Ngo-1955.Patricia Bosworth Sichithe isiqingatha sobusuku siphethe izilayidi zemibala ukuya ekukhanyeni. Into awayeyithanda ukuyibona yinkqubo yakhe-indaleko yakhe, nangona wayengonwabanga xa sele eza kuphela umsebenzi wakhe wokufota kwaye u-Anne wayegula. Sigqithe kwiibhokisi ezininzi kwaye uTom wandixelela ii-anecdotes malunga neentsuku zakhe zobungangamsha kwimfashini noDiana Vreeland, umhleli wakhe, kunye nomlawuli omkhulu wobugcisa uAlexey Brodovitch, owayemdwebe njengomculi kwaye ehlala emkhuthaza ukuba asebenze kwindawo yemidlalo yeqonga.
Saqala ukucwangcisa incwadi kodwa kwafuneka siyilahlile. UTom wayexakeke kakhulu esalathisa. Kodwa siye sazihambisa ezo bhokisi zekhadibhodi sazigcina.
UTom wagula ngowama-2004 — wehla kancinci, kabuhlungu. Ndiye ndamncancisa ekhaya. Usweleke kwisifo somzimba sikaLey ngo-2008.
Andikwazanga ukubhala ngaye ixesha elide… kodwa mna unakho jongana neefoto zakhe. Ndaya kwindawo yokugcina izinto ndafumana umsebenzi wobuntu: imifanekiso kaMiles Davis noJack Kerouac, kunye neefoto zikaJane Fonda omncinci kunye no-Audrey Hepburn kunye noGrace Kelly noGloria Vanderbilt, kunye nemibala yesilayidi ethathwe kwivenkile yokutyela yaseParis xa uTom wayegqume uYves Ingqokelela yokuqala yaseSt.
Le mifanekiso, kunye neminye endiyifumene ngaphambili, ibonelela ngesiseko Umphuphi ngeThousand Thrill: Iifoto eziFunyenwe kwakhona zikaTom Palumbo , ekhutshwe yiPowerhouse kwinyanga ephelileyo. 
Umphuphi ngamawaka amnandi: UTom Palumbo, iFoto eFunyenwe kwakhona.Indlu yamandla
Ndenze igalelo kwisincoko esimalunga noTom kunye nobomi bethu kunye kule ncwadi. Kodwa ndaziva ngathi ndithandana. Bendingafuni ukuzifaka kakhulu kule mbeko kuye.
Kukhululekile ukwabelana ngohlobo oluyinyani ngakumbi apha-ngokukaFreud, inkumbulo ihlala ihlaziywa.
U-Mary Karr uthe, ukuba yenziwe kakuhle, ukubhala imemo kufana nokuzikhupha ngencindi yakho. Ukuba kunjalo, ngencwadi yam, incwadi kaTom kunye nesi sincoko, ndiyigqibile into endizimisele ukuyenza.
